Undergraduate Course: Causes and Consequences of Personality (PSYL10064)
Course Outline
| School | School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course will give you powerful frameworks to understand and human behaviour: We cover the major domains: What functions does personality serve?; Facets: What is buried inside the 5 domains?; Values as the immediate causes of behaviour; Well-being: How does being happy differ from living a good life?; How can individual differences help us understanding the world: education, relationships, work, abnormal psychology. |
| Course description |
Individual differences are now understood as major predictors of life outcomes, social relations, well-being, work. and health. The methods for investigating how personality affects behaviour have also advanced. This course will explore what personality is, what its major dimensions are, and how it impacts on personal and national outcomes.
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Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Degree major in Psychology and passes in Psychology courses at least to the equivalent of Junior Honours level in Edinburgh. Prior agreement with the 4th Year Honours Course Organiser |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
| By the end of the course you should be able to discuss, critically and in depth, any findings in individual differences, within an integrative framework of expectations.
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Reading List
Journals in which a lot of important material is covered are:
Psychological Science
Journal of Personality
Journal of Personality and Social Psychology (JPSP)
Personality and Individual Differences (PAID)
Intelligence
European Journal of Personality
Journal of Research in Personality
Personality and Social Psychology Review
Journal of Personality Assessment
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Normal personality; life outcomes; personality disorder; psychopathy; well-being |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Timothy Bates
Tel: (0131 6)51 1945
Email: tim.bates@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Stephanie Fong
Tel: (0131 6)51 3733
Email: S.Fong@ed.ac.uk |
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